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Date:      Sun, 31 Dec 1995 15:15:08 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Subject:   Re: /dev/io
Message-ID:  <199512311415.PAA28368@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951231075804.1395A-100000@sl-015.sl.cybercomm.net> from "Sujal Patel" at Dec 31, 95 08:02:52 am

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As Sujal Patel wrote:
> 
> I haven't heard any reason why /dev/io is useful or necessary either :)  
> It seems that just about everything uses KDENABIO to gain IO priviledge.

Since the X server code evolved from SysV code, and the X server has
certainly been the first one that had a real requirement for it.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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